Till-lock



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G. J. KELLER.

TILL LOGK.

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Patented Feb, 11,1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

:rEORGE J. KELLER, OF OSCEOLA, NEBRASKA.

TILL-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,286, dated February11, 1890. Application filed December 7, 1889. Serial No. 332,882. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. KELLER, of Osceola, in the county of Polkand State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Combination-Locks for Money-Drawers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in combination-locks formoney-drawers; and it consists in the combination, with a money drawer,of a series of vertically-moving locking-bolts which are placed insidethereof, a corresponding series of pivoted levers for moving the boltsvertically, and a second lever for each lockingbolt to cause the boltsto lock the drawer and sound an alarm when the wrong operating lever orlevers are moved, each set of levers for each bolt being adapted to bethrown out or into the combination, as may be desired.

The object of my invention is to provide a combination-lock formoney-drawers in which any desired number of operatinglevers will bemade to operate a corresponding number of bolts for looking the drawer,and any suitable number which are thrown out of the combination will, ifmoved, operate their corresponding bolts for the purpose of locking thedrawer so that it cannot be opened, and sounding an alarm atthe sametime.

Figure 1 is a Vertical section taken through a money-drawer to which myinvention is applied. Fig. 2 is an inverted view of theoperating-levers. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the locking-bolts.

A represents the counter; 13, the front and O the bottom of the drawer.The upper edge of the money-drawer and the corresponding flange 1) onthe under side of the counter willbe preferably given the shape hereshown, so that a person cannot see through into the drawer nor insertany object with which to feel which one or more of the locking-bolts arein or out of the combination. Through the lower portion of the front ofthe drawer below the bottom 0 is made a series of vertical slots E,through which the front ends of the operating-levers F .pass. Placedinside of the drawer and secured in position in any suitable manner area number of lockingbolts G, which are provided with the shoulders H andthe two slots I J through their lower ends. There is one of these boltsG for each one of the operating-levers F. When the bolt G is not lockedto the lever-F, so as to be operated thereby the bolt G sinks clownwardas far as the shoulder H will allow, and then it and its operating-leverF are thrown out of the combination and do not assist in looking thedrawer unless some one who does not know the combination attempts toopen it.

To the under side of the bottom 0 are secured the two vertical ears orhangers K, and through these cars or hangers is passed the horizontalbolt L, upon which the levers F are pivoted. The inner end of the leverF projects any suitable distance beyond the pivot L, and is made heavierat its inner end, so that when the lever F is released after having beenoperated to unlock the drawer this inner weighted end will automaticallyreturn the bolt to position shown in Fig. 1. Each one of theseoperatingdevers F has a slot M made through it, and through this slotthe lower end of the bolt passes. G and the lever F are not locked so asto move together, the bolt (3i drops downward as far as its shoulderwill allow, and then the lever F turns upon its pivot L Without-posttively moving the bolt so as to lock the drawer.

For the purpose of locking the operatinglevers F and the verticallymoving bolts G together there is secured to the under side of each leverF a rod N by means of a set-screw O. The outer end of the rod N has itsend reduced in size in any suitable manner and is passed through the eyeor keeper P, so as to hold the two parts F N in their proper rela tiveposition. Through the rod N at that point where the screw 0 passesthrough it is made a slot Q, of suitable length, whereby the rod N canbe adjusted back and'forth upon the lever F at the will of the operator.The outer reduced end of the lever N is made to pass through the slot Jin the lower end of the bolt G, for the purpose of locking the lever Fand bolt G- together when the lever and bolt are to be used in thecombination. When the lever and bolt are not to be used in the If thebolt IOC) combination, the screw is slightly loosened, and then the rodN is moved endwise until its reduced end no longer catches in the slotJof the bolt G, and then the lever will not positively move the bolt.Upon the inner end of the rod N is secured a ball or knocker R of anykind, and when this rod has been adjusted endwise, so that its end nolonger catches in the slot J, the knocker strikes against the metallicplate S or other sounding device attached to the under sideof thedrawer, for the purpose of giving an alarm and notifying the owner ofthe drawer that some one is attempting to get into it who does not knowthe combination of levers necessary for that purpose. lVhen the rod N ismoved outward into the position shown in Fig. 1, the knocker B, whenraised into the position shown. in dotted lines, will not strike theplate S, and hence no alarm will be given when the drawer is opened byone who knows the proper combination of levers; also, secured to theunder side of the bottom 0 of the drawer are the hangers T, and throughthese hangers is passed the rod U, upon which the levers V are pivotedat their inner ends. In order to keep these levers V and theoperating-levers F in their proper positions upon the pivotal I relationto the locking-rods Y, placed upon their upper sides. Through the slotsW pass the set-screws Z, for the purpose of securing the levers V andthe endwise-moving rods Y rigidly together.' The levers V have nothing'more than a slight turning movement upon their pivotal rod U; but thelocking-rods Y have both the same movement as their corresponding leversV, and can be adjusted endwise according to whether they are to makeconnection with the locking-bolts G by means of the slotsl or not. henthe reduced front ends of the locking-rods Y are not forced into theslots lot the bolts G, the levers V and the rodsYhave simplya slightturning movement together by the operating-levers F, to which they areconnected by the connecting links or rods A If, however, one or more ofthe operating-levers F areto be thrown out of the combination, theircorresponding endwisemoving rods N will be moved endwise, so that theirreduced outer ends will not engage with the locking-bolts G, and thenthe rodsN will be in position to strike the plate S and cause an alarmwhenever that lever is moved. At the same time that the rods N arethrown out of connection with the locking-bolts G the locking-rods Y aremoved forward by loosening the screw Z until their front ends catch inthe slots I in their bolts G. The bolts G which are thrown out of thecombination, then being fastened only to the locking-rods Y, dropdownward as far as their shoulders will permit and take no part inlooking the drawer in the usual manner. Should, however, some one whodoes not know the combination attempt to get access to the drawer anddepress the outer ends of these levers F which have been thrown out ofthe combination, then these levers, turning upon their pivot L, willraise the locking-rods Y through the connecting-links A, and thus raisethe corresponding bolts G, so as to lock the drawer so that it cannot beopened until the proper combina tion of levers is used. By means of thecon necting-links A, when one or more levers F and bolts G are thrownout of the combina tion, the locking rods Y and bolts G are given areverse movement, so that the drawer can not be opened when the outerends of the le= vers which have been thrown out of the com bination aredepressed. For instance, six op eratinglevers are here shown, and shouldthe two central levers be thrown out of the combination by moving therods N inwardly so as to disconnect them from their corresponding boltsG, and the corresponding locking rods Y are connected to these twobolts, then it will be necessary to operate only the four end levers. Ifthe person who wishes to rob the drawer and who does not know thecombination attempts to open it and depresses all of the levers oreither one of the two central levers which have been thrown out of thecombination, then these levers which have been thrown. out will at onceraise the bolts G, so that the drawer cannot be opened, and at the sametime the knockers R Will strike against the plate S, so as to sound analarm.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination, with adrawer, of one or more vertically-moving locking-bolts, one

or more pivoted locking-levers, one or more rods connected to theselevers and by means of which the operating-levers and bolts areconnected together, one or more pivoted lockinglevers, the lockingrodsconnected thereto and adapted to have their ends engage with the bolts Gwhen the bolts and their corre sponding operating levers are thrown outof the combination, and connecting-links for connecting the upperlocking-rods to the operatingdevers, substantially as shown. 2. Thecombination, with a money-drawer, of the vertically-moving bolts G,placed inside thereof, the pivoted operating-levers F, and theadjustable locking rods N, which are adapted to make connection with orbe disconnected from the bolts, with the connecting-links, the pivotedlevers V, and the end wise-movinglocking rodsY, connected thereto andadapted to make connection with the verticallymoving bolts,substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the drawer, of the vertically-moving Ilooking-bolts G, provided In testimony whereof I-itffiX my signature inwith the slots I J, the pivoted operating-1e presence of two Witnesses.vers F, the adjustable endwise-moving locking-rods N, connected to thelevers and pro- GEORGE J. KELLER. 5 Vided with knockers upon their innerends,

the plate S, the pivoted levers V, the locking- Witnesses: rods Y,secured thereto, and the connecting- Mrs. H. L. BOND, links A,substantially as set forth. I. M. KELLER.

